Filling-end controller for looms



July 31, 1923. 1,463,203

- C. H. DRAPER FILLING END CONTROLLER FOR LOOMS Filed Oct.- 26, 1921 2 Sheets-She l Zf/a'iness:

Mad/k July 31, 1923. 1,463,203

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MANUFACTURING COMP, F MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORROEATION FILLING-END CONTROLLER FOR LOOKS.

Application filed tlctober 26, 1821. Serial No. 510,489.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARE H. ER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hopedale, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Filling-End Controllers for Looms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to an improvement in filling end controllers for looms.

The object of the invention is to produce t a controller for the end of the filling extending from the filling end holder to the selvage after replenishment so as to hold it outof the path of the lay. -To the above end' the present invention consists 1n the filling end controller hereinafter described and particularlydefined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred form of the invention, Fig.

. 1 is 'an' end, elevation of the hopper stand,

showing the filling end controller in posilanrof the'lay, showing the showing the position of the parts at the time of the beatenp 'of the lay; and Fig. 4

shows the position of the parts on the back center. i

The'illustratedembodiment of the invention is described as follows: The. filling end of the bolt..14 to the block .17 which carries controller consists "of'ja' wire supported from the .hopper plate 11, the rear end of the wirebeing secured toa 'bracket 12 by a bolt-13, which bracket is secured by means the sliding bobbin support, not shown. The hopper plate is supported on the bracket 15 provided with a foot 16, which is secured to the breast beam in the usual manner The lay is provided with shuttle boxes 21. The front box plate 22 is provided with a hook 23, which isv adapted to engage the thread extending from the shuttle to the filling end holder to move it forward,

as shown in Fig. 3, beyondthe forward. end of the filling end controller 10, then as the lay moves rearwardly, the thread rides up on the filling end controller to the position indicated at 24 in Fig. 1, where it remains out of the path of motion of the shuttle box until it is cut off. The back box plate 25 is provided with a forwardly extending portion 26, constituting a shuttle guard, which is notched at 27 to receive the forward end of the filling end controller when the lay is plenishing side of the loom. after replenishment.

On the first pick of the shuttle after replenishment, the filling 40 extends from the holder 30 through the shed, as shown in Fig. 2, and to the shuttle boxed in theshuttle box on the opposite side of the loom from the replenishing mechanism. On this first pick of the shuttle, the filling is pulled out of the shuttle by the movement of the shuttle away from the replenishing mechanism, and extends on the diagonal line as shown. On the next forward beat of the lay, the hook 23 on the front box plate en-' gages this filling end 40 and pushes it forwardly into the position shown in Fig. 3, thereby causing the filling to be moved forwardly beyond the front end ofthe filling end controller, as shown in 3. Now the filling end controller, extending as it does from its support on the hopper plate, is inclined downwardly and to the left as shown, and after the filling has been carried beyond its front end and the lay begins to retreat, the'filling catches over the end of the filling end controller and rides up on it and occupies the position shown'in Fig. 4 above the shuttle box, and is thereb held out of the field of movement of. the lay which is thus prevented from striking it on each forward beat thereof.

In the filling end controller of a former proposedconstruction, a hook is provided supported from the breast beam of the loom and extended rearwar'dly therefrom over which the filling extending from the holder tothe shuttle is hooked by a projection extended upwardly from the bracket mounted on the lay. At every forward beat of the lay this projection impinges against the filling end and is, therefore, liableto break it.

So also in another former construction in which a hook is mounted on the breast beam and extends rearwardly and then downwardly and forwardly, which is intended to catch the filling end when the latter is moved forwardly by a projection on the front box plate of the lay. This operates in the respect named in the same manner as the first mentioned construction because on each for- Ward beat of the lay a projection comes in contact with the filling end and presses against it, whereas in the present construction, after the filling is once caught by the filling end controller, the filling is lifted up out of the field of movement of the lay and is no longer subjected to the blows ot the lay upon it. This obviates the danger of breaking the thread, due to the blows of the lay upon it, with the consequent liability of the brolren filling end extending from the sellvage being whipped into the shed by the shuttle and causing an imperfection in the goods. r

The loom may be provided with the usual temple and thread cutter.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

l. A filling replenishing loom having, in combination, a lay, weft replenishing mechanisni, a filling end controller consisting of a slender rod supported at its rear end and (lid extending forwardly and downwardly to a point less than the distance to which the filling is moved by the lay acting to lift the filling on the next backward movement of the lay to a position above the field of movement of the shuttle box.

2. A wett replenishing loom having, in

combination, weft replenishing mechanism.

a hoolr on the shuttle box, a filling end controller consisting oi a stationary slender rod supported at. its rear end and extended forwardly and downwardly into a position to catch an incoming filling end carried forward by the hook on the shuttle box.

3. A weft replenishing loom having, in combination, a lay, welt replenishing mechanism, a filling end controller consisting eoaaos a slender body supported at its rear end over the field of movementof the lay and extending from its rear end forwardly in a downward and inward direction.

a. A filling replenishing loom having, in combination, a lay provided with a shuttle box, weft replenishing mechanism, a filling end controller supported above the field of movement of the shuttle boil, the back plate of the shuttle box being provided with a notch to receive the forward end of the filling end controller when the lay is on its front center.

5. A filling replenishing loom having, in combination, a lay provided with a shuttle box, a filling end controller supported above the field of movement of theshuttle box, a

hook on the front box plate for engaging an incoming filling end, the bacl: box plate being provided with a recess to receive the forward filling catching end of the filling end controller upon the forward beat of the lay.

6. A filling replenishing loom having, in combination, a lay provided. with shuttle box, welt replenishing mechanism, a filling end controller supported above the field of movement of the shuttle box having its free end extended forwardly toward the breast beam, the baclr boa late being provided with a forwardly extended shuttle guard provided with a notch adapted upon the forward movement or the lay to receive the front end of the filling end controller and the front box plate being provided with a hook adapted to carry the filling extending from the holder to the shuttle to move the filling forward beyond the front end of the filling end controller.

7. A welt replenishing loom having, in combination, a lay. welt replenishing mechanism, a filling end controller supported at its rear end over the field of movement of the lay and extending forwardly in a downward and inward direction. and provided with a small end to catch an incoming filling end.

GLARE H.

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